Mary Meriam's poems are published in Literary Imagination, The New York Times, The Gay & Lesbian Review, American Arts Quarterly, Poetry Northeast, Mezzo Cammin, many other journals, and several anthologies. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, The Countess of Flatbroke and The Poet's Zodiac; the editor of Lavender Review; a blogger at Ms. Magazine; and a mistress of Headmistress Press. "Thought in a Heat Wave" is in her new chapbook, Word Hot.